There are at least two different acts/projects called Happy Camper. 1. Happy Camper is a Dutch pop group established by Job Roggeveen, who played in El Pino and the Volunteers at the time. The self-titled Happy Camper début album was released in January 2011. Roggeveen invited many different vocalists to perform the songs, such as Tim Knol, Leine, David Pino & Appel (El Pino & The Volunteers), Janne Schra, Ricky Koole, Johannes Sigmond (Blaudzun), Marien Dorleijn (Moss), Helge Slikker (Storybox), Bouke Zoete (The Kevin Costners) and Odilo Girod (Chop Wood / Coparck). A second Happy Camper album, entitled, The Daily Drumbeat, came out in 2014. Album number three, Gravity, followed in 2017, whereas 2023 saw the release of The Both of Us. A fifth Happy Camper LP, [album artist=When Waves Rise[/album], came out in the fall of 2025. In between their regular studio albums, Happy Camper also makes scores for animated films, such as 'Mute' (2013) and '(Otto)' (2016). Happy Camper band leader Job Roggeveen is also working as an animator. The animated frontman and mascot of the band is a Yeti named Manfred. During Happy Camper's early years Roggeveen invited guest singers to perform vocal duties, insecure about his own singing voice. Roggeveen first sang for Happy Camper on 2023's The Both of Us. 2. Happy Camper is an in-tents metal band hailing from Brisbane, Australia. Using influences such as Strapping Young Lads, At the Gates, Hypocrisy, Carcass, Meshuggah and Darkane blended in with their own brain juice Happy camper have created their own blend of metal dubbed " In- Tents" Metal. A chaotic blend of Blast beats, thrash drumming, speed picking and good old fashion screaming your lungs out. Touring Nationally soon. This is a band not to miss. www.myspace.com/happymfcamper